German Motorcycle-Sidecar Machine-Gun with ammunition trailer, 1915.

German Motorcycle-Sidecar Machine-Gun with ammunition trailer. Belgium 1915.

Transformation made by the Germans in 1915, using material captured from the Belgians. In this case it is a motorcycle F.N. to which a platform (sidecar) has been added carrying a Belgian Hotchkiss M1900 machine gun. The tandem was completed with a two-wheeled trailer carrying the ammunition of the machine gun. Transformations similar to this type of "Moto-Side-MG", were also made on the Eastern front, in these cases carrying Russian Maxim machine guns.

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Motocicleta-Sidecar alemana con ametralladora y remolque de municionamiento. Bélgica 1915.

Transformación realizada por los alemanes en 1915, utilizando material capturado a los belgas. En este caso se trata de una motocicleta F.N. a la que se le ha añadido una plataforma (sidecar) portando una ametralladora belga Hotchkiss M1900. El tandem se completaba con un remolque de dos ruedas portando la munición de la ametralladora. Transformaciones similares a este tipo de "Moto-Side-MG", también se realizaron en el frente del Este, en estos casos portando ametralladoras Maxim rusas.